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Synonyms for immerse
ɪˈmɜrsim·merse

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Wiktionary4.5 / 2 votes

  1. immerseverb

    Synonyms:
    submerge

  2. immerseverb

    To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.

    Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.

    Synonyms:
    submerge

  3. immerseverb

    To involve deeply

    The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.

    Synonyms:
    submerge

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. immerse

    Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases. To speak of baptism by immersion as dipping now seems rude; tho entirely proper and usual in early English. Baptists now universally use the word immerse. To dip and to immerse alike signify to bury or submerge some object in a liquid; but dip implies that the object dipped is at once removed from the liquid, while immerse is wholly silent as to the removal. Immerse also suggests more absolute completeness of the action; one may dip his sleeve or dip a sponge in a liquid, if he but touches the edge; if he immerses it, he completely sinks it under, and covers it with the liquid. Submerge implies that the object can not readily be removed, if at all; as, a submerged wreck. To plunge is to immerse suddenly and violently, for which douse and duck are colloquial terms. Dip is used, also, unlike the other words, to denote the putting of a hollow vessel into a liquid in order to remove a portion of it; in this sense we say dip up, dip out. Compare synonyms for BURY.

    Synonyms:
    bury, dip, douse, duck, immerge, plunge, sink, submerge

    Preposition:
    The object is immersed in water.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 4 votes

  1. immerse

    Synonyms:
    dip, plunge, sink, soak, steep, macerate, duck, submerge, drown, inundate, douse, overwhelm

    Antonyms:
    dry, drain, parch, ventilate, air

Princeton's WordNet1.3 / 4 votes

  1. immerse, plungeverb

    thrust or throw into

    "Immerse yourself in hot water"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, bury, swallow, dump, engross, dunk, souse, launch, eat up, absorb, swallow up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, plunge, douse

  2. steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak upverb

    devote (oneself) fully to

    "He immersed himself into his studies"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, douse, bury, occupy, sop up, swallow, dump, assimilate, engross, dunk, souse, launch, draw, eat up, absorb, engage, take in, swallow up, ingest, take up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, imbibe, take over, steep, suck up, plunge, infuse, suck

  3. immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat upverb

    enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

    "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

    Synonyms:
    deplete, take back, exhaust, bury, engross, get down, swallow, accept, withdraw, unsay, finish, engulf, inhume, eat up, entomb, live with, absorb, run through, forget, swallow up, sink, eat, consume, lay to rest, soak up, wipe out, polish off, steep, plunge, inter, use up

  4. plunge, immerseverb

    cause to be immersed

    "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, swallow up, swallow, engross, dunk, launch, eat up, dump, absorb, bury, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, plunge, douse

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. immerseverb

    Synonyms:
    dip, plunge, immerge, submerge, overwhelm, douse, souse, duck

  2. immerseverb

    Synonyms:
    involve, engage, absorb

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. immerseverb

    Synonyms:
    submerge, plunge into, dip, immerge, douse, engross

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "immerse":

    dive, dip, dispose

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How to use immerse in a sentence?

  1. Rainer Gombos:

    You can immerse the viewer into worlds -- artificial or reality-like worlds -- that you couldn't do before.

  2. Loren Eiseley:

    The journey is difficult, immerse. We will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see or to learn all that we hunger to know.

  3. Lincoln Larson:

    If you want to reap the full health benefits that nature can provide, you have to immerse yourself in those settings.

  4. Peter Brodie:

    One attraction of Latin is that you can immerse yourself in the poems of Horace and Catullus without fretting over how to say, Have a nice day.

  5. Lincoln Larson:

    Just seeing nature didn’t really move the needle, but experiencing it did. Other research points to similar conclusions, if you want to reap the full health benefits that nature can provide, you have to immerse yourself in those settings.


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